President Trump on Thursday repeated his call to arm teachers to prevent mass school shootings  saying that as many as 40 percent of a schools educators could pack heat and get bonuses for their efforts to keep kids safe.

I want certain highly adept people, people who understand weaponry, guns [and] a concealed [carry] permit for teachers to carry guns on school property, the president said during a White House sitdown with members of his cabinet, lawmakers and Mayor Christine Hunschofsky of Parkland, Florida.

Fourteen students and three staffers were gunned down at a high school there by a 19-year-old former student armed with an assault rifle last week.

SEE ALSO Trump: I only said I would arm some teachers Trump: I only said I would arm some teachers Trump said the armed educators should get a little bit of a bonus and mentioned 10 percent, 20 percent and 40 percent as possible numbers of teachers who would qualify for the rigorous training that would be required.

School security guards alone are not the answer, he added.

You cant hire enough security guards You need 100, 150 security guards. But you could have concealed [guns] on the teacher, Trump said

I approve. Protecting the little heathens should be better rewarded than just filling their heads with drivel. The education that goes with the responsibility of carrying lethal force might accidentally improve the quality of the education system.

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posted on 02/22/2018 12:41:32 PM PST
by Steamburg
(Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)

Back in the 70s, every unlocked pickup in the parking lot had at least one ‘squirrel gun’ in the rack and as soon as the last bell rang, the boys lit out for the mountains and didn’t actually get home until near-dark.

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